In Northern Kalifornia they constructed a music venue on top of an old waste dump. The dump had been closed for many years. It was covered with green grass, and had settled significantly. So, the design of the venue is about 5,000 seats, with rolling grass being the farthest away. The seats are more expensive, the grass is just general admission. So........when the facility opened, people were smoking (cigarettes & who knows what else) in the grassy area. All of the refuse underneath had been decomposing for years. The methane flowed up, and little fires occurred in many spots. They had to close down and create/install a system to draw the methane away.
I imagine the folks that “smoke two joints in the morning” enjoyed the flames while they lasted.
Could you provide at least a little more salient info?
In what city or at least county was this? What era? 2000s? 1990s?
Thanks!
Regards,